This week marks the fact that there are fewer weeks to finish than those that are finished. I have been enjoying my time at the Martin de Porres Center. I have fallen into a routine; going to the Center, posting on social media, cooking daily and engaging with the community.

This week was similar to the rest except there was ALOT of movement involved. I went bike riding twice this week (no accidents thankfully but there was it was a wet experience) and participated in Zumba. It is great to be working in a place that promotes “movement”.

The new news is that I am starting to work on creating a database to identify families and the services that the Center is providing for them. Data is such a huge factor in applying to grants and addressing what/how the Center is serving the Community. I am thankful to be part of the process that brings services to my community.

I sat down with the Director of the Center and talked about how some of the programming is funded. Extremely insightful, I am very interested in looking at a career in Grantmaking and was disappointed when this wasn’t one of the Bi-Weekly Learning Sessions with the Center.

Working at the non-profit has shown me firsthand that we all wear different hats. I am expected to do x, y, and z but I have picked up extra duties like watering the flowers outside the Center and the plants inside. Or even collecting recyclable items and thanking them home. This might seem trivial but there are things that keep the Center going and ways to give back.
For the upcoming week, I plan to dive more closely into the Family Database. Using my two-hour drive this weekend as a brainstorming space.